Domestic Fowls, Thematic Issue

Domestic Fowls, Thematic Issue

Γραμματόσημα--Κύπρος--Ιστορία
Postage stamps--Cyprus--History

Τhe wild red jungle fowl is the ancestor of today’s chickens, which like all birds are smart and have communication skills. The term “pecking order” was coined by the Norwegian biologist Thorlief Schjelderup-Ebbe after observing that chickens enforced their leadership by delivering a sharp peck on the back of underlings to remind them of their place in the hierarchy. A dominant rooster would crow to emphasize that he is master of his territory and would place himself at risk in order to warn his mate or offspring of looming danger.

In years gone bye many families raised chickens in their backyards, a custom that has vanished from many parts of the western world. With the increased demand for chicken meat and eggs, chicken farms have been established in many countries but the overcrowding living conditions for these factory farmed birds are awful thus leading to infections and the slaughter of thousands of them that never reach our dining tables.

In setting up such farms it is society’s moral obligation to ensure that living conditions for these birds are congenial by avoiding overcrowding in an otherwise healthy environment.

Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus
Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία

Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus
Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία

Library of Cyprus University of Technology

10th September 2009

Designer: Theodoros Kakoulis

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